I think there's something different happening among Trumps base and it's getting weirder and weirder.  They aren't choosing which politician is least bad, they are choosing to worship Trump.
I think that this whole impeachment process has the potential to bring it to the attention of many Americans who maybe haven't been following close enough to hear over all the noise that the President has been becoming more and more powerful.

These warning signs of a cult make me think...:

- Promises are made of a new life.
  * The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to you now... From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. (inauguration)

- Former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative, or even evil.

- The Leaders authority is absolute, without meaningful accountability.

- There is no tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.

- There is no meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget or expenses, such as an independently audited financial statement.  (Billionaire with international corporation, but wont let us see his taxes...)

- There exists an unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies, and persecutions.
 * You have no choice. You have to vote for me. Otherwise, everything that you've built in your entire life will be gone. Goodbye, Iowa. Have a good time. Instead, I worked my ass off up here, OK.
 * If you want your children to inherit the blessings that generations of Americans have fought and died for, then, we must devote everything we have toward victory in November of 2020. (this week)

- Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.
  * Tillerson, General McMaster, General Kelly, etc...

- There are records, books, news articles, television programs that document the abuses of the leader. (fake news)

- The group/leader is always right.

- The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation; no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.



Am I crazy to think the trial might have opened a lot of peoples eyes who may have otherwise not paid attention to these things?